The Poor Planner’s Guide to Mardi Gras

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Mardi Gras! Carnival! Not only is today about overindulging in every way possible, it’s also, in another way, about just goin’ with it. So in that spirit, here is your last-minute guide to the city’s most interesting places to chow down on some good ol’ fashioned New Orleans (and Brazilian) food, get a hurricane or six, maybe (okay, probably) even some beads, and have your king cake and eat it too.

Le Poisson Rouge158 Bleecker St., nr. Thompson St.; 212-505-3474The Package: Second Annual Two Boots Mardi Gras Ball: A Benefit for the Lower East Side Girls ClubHighlights: Two Boots Swamp Witch pizza (alligator and pork sausage, crawfish, red and green pesto); Bayou Beast pizza (crawfish, shrimp, andouille sausage); po’ boys; jambalaya; bread pudding from Mara’s HomemadePlus: Lots of live music, a raffle for a weekend trip to New Orleans, and a costume contest. Also, alligator sausage is something not to be missed.Price: $25 General admission; $100 VIP ticket for all you can eat and drink.
(Two Boots Pizzerias will also be serving the Swamp Witch pizza.)